Making the Renaissance Sword

Thursday 17th May, 2012 - Sunday 31st March, 2013

Price: Admission Free

Contemporary texts and illustrative sources, coupled with modern science have enabled modern scholars to understand much of how the art of sword-making developed during the sixteenth century. Featuring stages in the construction of a swept-hilt rapier, this display reveals that the Renaissance swordsmith relied on a continuous tradition of craftsmanship dating back to the early Middle Ages. This display is generously sponsored by Peter Finer, Dealer in Antique Arms and Armour.